thanks again for the great pics graham, the 83 suzuki is one of the best 500s ever made i think, couldnt believe the size of the footpegs when i seen it at mallory, they must have been about 4 inches long!

I went to only 2 GP races, Laguna Seca '89 and '93, and so far have uploaded a dozen snaps from then. I'm in the process of moving so my slides and negs are packed away so it's gonna be some time before I can get more scanned and uploaded.

Jim, I was going to ask who this was but your file name gives the answer. I thought it looked like Graziano, but didn't recognize the livery. Do you remember when and where this picture was taken ? The pre-Mordidelli ( and pre-Gallina ) pics I had seen of Graziano were with very different looking machines, leathers etc...

Six "official" & Sheene who put HB stickers on his private bike for no charge, he hoped to get their backing the following year, didnt happen, he was well miffed that they gave the "spare" factory bike to Boet Van Dulman for Silverstone.
Brown & Huber crash shocking & unnecessary, Huber lost his helmet to, shades of Simoncelli.

Six "official" & Sheene who put HB stickers on his private bike for no charge, he hoped to get their backing the following year, didnt happen, he was well miffed that they gave the "spare" factory bike to Boet Van Dulman for Silverstone.Brown & Huber crash shocking & unnecessary, Huber lost his helmet to, shades of Simoncelli.

Many thanks for that info Graham.

IIRC Van Dulmen wasn't too happy with the bike he was given and elected to ride his own bike in the race, could be wrong on that though, the mists of time and all that...

Re the Brown/Huber crash, I agree that it should never have happened and I think that both riders lost their helmets as there was some controversy afterwards about helmet straps not being checked at scrutineering or somesuch, but it was a moot point at the time I think. I saw the video of Herve Guilleux after he came off at Copse and the strange helmet he had, opened by a hinge system at the back and strapless.